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Stop Making Sense

PG
Movie
1984
1h 28m
English
Documentary, Music
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A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
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Stop Making Sense (1984) on IMDb
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Cast

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David Byrne
Self - Vocals, Guitar
Chris Frantz
Self - Drums, Vocals
Jerry Harrison
Self - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Tina Weymouth
Self - Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Ednah Holt
Self - Backing Vocals
Lynn Mabry
Self - Backing Vocals
Steven Scales
Self - Percussion
Alex Weir
Self - Guitar, Vocals
Bernie Worrell
Self - Keyboards
Directed By: Jonathan Demme
Written By: Jonathan Demme

Featured Comments/Tips

sir.me_ says...
5 months ago
No plot... just music? Not a movie/10
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Ziegelus says...
one year ago
If you can relate to the music you will have fun. A nice concert. Unfortunately not much more. I had honestly wished for a bit more story or interviews. But after the remake trailer of A24 I wanted to have a look.
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Jordyep says...
4 months ago
Look it's an amazing concert film, we all know that. It's an almost watertight tracklist with great flow, and when combined with the amazing vocals and stage presence from David Byrne, it's hard to think of better ways of spending 88 minutes. However, it just feels inherently uncinematic to me. I think I'd get just as much out of this by simply listening to this. Not that it's ugly or boring to look at, in fact this is all well directed and edited, but you're not using the cinematic artform to create something I wouldn't get by simply going to a Talking Heads concert. Still highly recommended, but you could also listen to the live album on streaming, you know. 7.5/10
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jeroenvanstrien says...
a month ago
Not my music taste, but still a cool performance
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Lucan26
9/10  one year ago
Jonathan Demme timed this idea perfectly. Talking Heads may have already been around years before and may have peaked in fame two years after but 1980-1983 marked the most frantic energy for both their music and performances. Squeezing this in for 1983 (released a year later) - after the release of More
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CinemaSerf
12 months ago
I'm not sure Jonathan Demme really had too much to do here as David Byrne and "Talking Heads" present us with a belter of a creative toe-tapper. It's a film of their concert - constructed from performances over three nights in a small Hollywood theatre, and that setting lends itself excellently to t More
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JN2012
12 months ago
I did write an artistically brilliant rendition of my thoughts on this movie but instead I’m going to give you this: I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire
Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce More
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ryanmalesevich
10/10  2 years ago
David Byrne walks onto the stage. The camera only shows his feet. He puts down a tape deck and says: “Hi. I’ve got a tape I want to play.” With that, the concert movie, Stop Making Sense, starts!

Jonathan Demme filmed the band, The Talking Heads, over three nights in 1983. It is a snapshot More
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